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Act on the Protection and Use of Location Information — Article 18 (Collection of personal location information)

위치정보의 보호 및 이용 등에 관한 법률 제18조

(1) Where any location information provider intends to collect personal location information, such provider shall specify, in advance, the following in his or her terms and conditions; and shall obtain consent from the subjects of personal location information: <Amended on Apr. 17, 2018; Jun. 9, 2020; Oct. 19, 2021>

1. Trade name, address, phone number and other contact information of the location information provider;

2. Rights held by the subjects of personal location information and their legal representatives (limited to where the consent of a legal representative is required under Article 25 (1)) and methods of exercising such rights;

3. Details of the services to be provided by the location information provider to a location-based service provider;

4. Grounds for and period of retaining data verifying the collection of location information;4-2. The purpose and period of retaining personal location information;

5. Other matters prescribed by Presidential Decree as necessary for protecting personal location information.

(2) A subject of personal location information may withdraw his or her consent for part of the scope of personal location information collected and the terms and conditions, when he or she has given consent under paragraph (1). <Amended on Jun. 9, 2020>

(3) Where any location information provider collects personal location information, he or she shall collect such information to the minimum extent necessary for attaining the purpose of the collection.

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